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sting

[ sting ]
/ stɪŋ /
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verb (used with object), stung [stuhng] /stʌŋ/ or (Obsolete) stang [stang]; /stæŋ/; stung; sting·ing.
verb (used without object), stung [stuhng] /stʌŋ/ or (Obsolete) stang [stang]; /stæŋ/; stung; sting·ing.
noun
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Origin of sting

First recorded before 900; Middle English verb stingen, Old English stingan “to pierce”; cognate with Old Norse stinga “to pierce,” Gothic -stangan (in usstangan “to pull out”); the noun is derivative of the verb

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British Dictionary definitions for sting

sting
/ (stɪŋ) /

verb stings, stinging or stung
noun

Derived forms of sting

stinging, adjectivestingingly, adverbstingingness, noun

Word Origin for sting

Old English stingan; related to Old Norse stinga to pierce, Gothic usstangan to pluck out, Greek stakhus ear of corn
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Other Idioms and Phrases with sting

sting

see take the sting out of.

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